Mangroves: Forests of the Tide

Proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) walking though mangrove roots.
Sponges, tuncates, and other invertebrate life growing on the roots of Red Mangrove trees in the Belize Cays.
A school of silversides fish swim over a sea star and beneath the canopy of red mangrove trees on a Belize Cay.
Low tide reveals the roots of Bruguiera mangroves along a river channel.
Scarlet ibises on their roosting trees on a small mangrove island in the Caroni Swamp.
Women pulling shrimp fry collecting nets along the shallows of the Kholpatura River.
Charcoal wood collectors with boats loaded with Goran wood (Ceriops sp.) harvested from the mangrove forest.
Mangroves at the edge of the Bay of Bengal on the S coast of Bangladesh. These mangroves are battered by the sea, but are important in protecting the coast from storms and erosion.
Aerial view of mangroves, rivers, and shrimp ponds in the Sungai Petani area, Malaysia.
Planting of Rhizophora mangrove seedlings in a estuary in Bali at low tide. This team of men, led by Mr. Rahim are from the Bali Forestry Department Section of Rehabilitation and Conservation of Mangroves.
Late afternoon light illuminates Sonneratia mangrove forest and adjacent mudflat at low tide in an aerial view. Lines of breathing roots protruding from the mud radiate out from the trees.